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The ongoing surge of mpox in Congo raises concerns of another global outbreak. (Washington Post)
The White House took aim at drug patent laws, announcing its readiness to deploy “march-in rights” to target high drug prices. (The Hill)
The Environmental Protection Agency cited multiple health benefits in its new proposal to replace lead pipes nationwide over the next 10 years. (STAT)
With 64 reports of adverse events potentially linked to recalled lead-laden cinnamon applesauce pouches, the FDA said it started an inspection of an Ecuadorian manufacturing facility.
At one of the few hospitals still operating in southern Gaza, the rooms are overflowing with people needing treatment for blast injuries, a doctor there said. (NBC News)
Some health advocates charged that the Biden Administration has postponed the ban on menthol flavoring in cigarettes for political reasons. (CNN)
The rate of perinatal mortality (late fetal and early neonatal deaths) was essentially unchanged from 2020 to 2021, according to a report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The NCHS also found that among pregnant women, ICU admissions during hospitalization were more likely for Native American and Black mothers.
The New England Journal of Medicine debuted a new historical series about biases and injustices that it has helped to perpetuate. The first article covers the journal’s relationship with slavery.
Researchers urged greater recognition of long-term health problems caused by childbirth, most common among them pain during sexual intercourse, low back pain, and urinary and anal incontinence. (Lancet Global Health)
Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances was tied to changes in bone mineral density in adolescents and young adults. (Environmental Health)
Fentanyl is contributing to San Francisco’s deadliest year ever by drug overdoses. (The Guardian)
Patients need more care and are presenting with more severe symptoms than in the past, according to an annual survey by the American Psychological Association.
OSSIOfiber bio-integrative fixation implants snagged FDA clearance for use in orthopedic surgery for patients ages 2 to 21 years, manufacturer Ossio said.
The Biden Administration said that nearly 7.3 million Americans have signed up for a 2024 Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace plan, nearly a quarter of them new to the program.
A Wisconsin circuit court judge reaffirmed her ruling that a 1849 law does not outlaw abortion access in the state. (The Hill)
In New Hampshire, a newly minted nurse learning about how to respond to a cardiac arrest wound up going into cardiac arrest herself during the practice session. (CBS News)
Alleged rough handling of a baby in the neonatal ICU landed a Utah nurse with a third-degree felony charge of aggravated child abuse. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Grilled at a government inquiry, former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson apologized for his handling of the coronavirus crisis but denied that he had been too indecisive about implementing COVID restrictions in early 2020. (Reuters)
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
